Susanne Schmidt

Susanne specializes in advising on trademark and design law as well as competition law. Her expertise includes developing and managing extensive trademark portfolios, providing strategic advice to clients on trademark and design applications as well as representing them in and out of court in cases of conflict. She advises domestic and foreign clients in the field of trademark law and also advises on issues of work title protection and domain law. She also regularly advises clients on license and R&D agreements.

Susanne studied law at the University of Regensburg with a focus on international and European law. She has specialized in intellectual property law ever since her admission to the bar in 2007. She is a certified IP lawyer since 2011. Before founding TEAL she was a partner at a Munich IP boutique law firm as well as in a large IP law firm in Munich.

Susanne maintains an international network in the IP area through her memberships in GRUR, INTA and ECTA. As a member of the Publication Committee she contributes to publishing the “ECTA Bulletin” news outlet.

WTR 1000 (2025) ranked Susanne as one of World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.

LEADERS LEAGUE recommends Susanne in the areas of trademark registration and trademark litigation in 2023 and 2024.

World Trademark Review:

“Susanne is incredibly knowledgeable and offers clear, sound advice. She’s not only extremely reliable but also highly responsive, making her very easy to work with.” 

Publications of her contributions include:

Fingerhut, Vertrags- und Formularbuch, 14th edition, 2024, Commentary on “Industrial property law, competition law, copyright law”

Fingerhut, Vertrags- und Formularbuch, 13th edition, 2021, Commentary “Intellectual property law, competition law, copyright law”

Schwarz, Handbuch Filmrecht, 6th edition, 2021, commentary “Title protection for film works” and others.

v. Hartlieb/Schwarz, Handbuch des Film-, Fernseh- und Videorechts, 5th ed., 2011, commentary on “Title protection for film works” etc.